José Reis is a Frontend Chapter Lead based in Amsterdam with 10 years of experience transitioning from Java EE backends (ZKoss) to modern frontends using Vue and React, while also contributing to Django REST backends. He combines hands-on engineering with team leadership, having led web squads and coordinated frontend delivery at banks and startups. José is an active open-source contributor—adding internationalization and SEO improvements to notable projects like the Neher Lab COVID-19 scenarios and improving Vue i18n documentation and tests—showing attention to usability and maintainability. His background includes a React nanodegree and an unexpected early training in culinary arts, reflecting a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach and a taste for well-crafted user experiences.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Tecnólogo em Gastronomia, Artes Culinárias e Capacitação Gastronômica, Tecnólogo em Gastronomia, Artes Culinárias e Capacitação Gastronômica at IESB
:globe_with_meridians: Internationalization plugin for Vue.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 20 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:José primarily focused on improving the documentation and build processes within the Vue-i18n repository. They added VuePress documentation, configured build settings, and removed GitBook files. Further contributions included refactoring test functions and fixing a bug related to empty string handling in the `$te` function. These actions suggest a focus on enhancing the project's maintainability and usability.
Models of COVID-19 outbreak trajectories and hospital demand
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 6 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:José primarily contributed to the user interface and content of the application. They added a meta description tag for SEO, implemented internationalization for Portuguese translations, and updated the navigation bar's styling. Furthermore, the user added a table of contents to the FAQ page and an acknowledgements page, indicating involvement with the site's information architecture and content organization.
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